Some of the early and late adventure games during the adventure game hay day were really messed up. I include that damn turtle bomb in The Dig, the bucking Goat puzzle from Broken Sword, and the unspeakable Cat Hair Puzzle from Gabriel Knight. Those were designed by IT designers and felt like you had to be an IT designer to understand. Then there were all of the times where I forgot to pick up an item and got stuck in latter part of the game...ugh those were the days nightmares and sleepless nights.
Ta-da! here it is in all of its glory! After teasing it for well over a week now here the latest and new direction of the Community Spotlight! Now it goes without saying that there is some user created content that needs no introduction. This includes The Luchazine, The Animated Bombcast, and the continued activities of the Forza 3 community. However these latest editions to the website are just as notable and worthy of your time and consideration. This is not a complete snapshot of the week that was but it does provide templates of what the community needs and what activities support and encourage on this fine site! So here it is:
Wonderful Wikis
The wiki is the greatest source of user creativity and for this edition we are keeping it topical. Duke Nukem being topical in his own right. The Elder Scrolls III being topical after being Wikipedia's featured wiki article for a day as well and a victory for gaming culture comrades.
User review provide a good amount of information on the latest releases for games not covered by the Giant Bomb staff. Please check out these review and feel encouraged to write your own for a game users may not know that much about. I hear that most of these games are good!
Guess what? The users here feel comfortable to talk to you about a myriad of issues. Some of these seek to promote user creativity and others seek to inform and promote worthwhile discussions. So please check these threads to see what we love to see on Giant Bomb!
The Giant Bomb Community loves lists and these users prove it! These are all mostly humorous but it just goes to show you how creative the Giant Bomb Community can be.
Author's Note: For any and all content that you think should be in the next edition of this please use this very thread to publish your suggestions, comments, or criticisms. Realize that I'm still experimenting with the format and any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
Well everyone one year and five months was a great run but it's time for something new! Thank you to everyone that has made this possible and memorable. To the users, mods, and staff that kept this going for as long as it has you have my deepest gratitude! Thank you one and all for all the fish and for all of the words of encouragement! The new Spotlight will be up shortly so don't worry this is to another year of memories!
@ZanzibarBreeze: I remember writting Greg Kasavin an angry letter about his review for the game saying that his review (6.5) was too nice and instead the game should have been condemned as unsuitable for consumption for any and all video game enthusiasts. If you plan on playing it then God's speed but I think you'll at most be able to just finish the second mission before trying to smash your controller. Honestly I think it's an abomination form hell that no one should play even in jest.
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